...aged restorer left her glasses at home:
Spanish fresco restoration botched by amateur (BBC)
An elderly parishioner has stunned Spanish cultural officials with an alarming and unauthorised attempt to restore a prized Jesus Christ fresco.
Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) by Elias Garcia Martinez has held pride of place in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church near Zaragoza for more than 100 years.
The woman took her brush to it after years of deterioration due to moisture.
Cultural officials said she had the best intentions and hoped it could be properly restored.
The woman, in her 80s, was reportedly upset at the way the fresco had deteriorated and took it on herself to "restore" the image.
BBC Europe correspondent Christian Fraser says the delicate brush strokes of Elias Garcia Martinez have been buried under a haphazard splattering of paint.
The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic, he says...
...majestically enthroned amid the vulgar herd...
No picture?
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here:
...sometimes imagination is more effective...
She has turned it into a Monet.
Migrated
I saw the picture yesterday and thought it must be a joke. Religious or not it's a shame to lose such a beautiful piece of art.
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Jesus with Downs syndrome
...probably closer to the original: artists were known to paint-shop in days of yore...
It's a bit like how Mr. Bean tried to restore the portrait of Whistler's Mother.
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After she has died it will be worth millions.
Yes, but is it art?
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All this time and now we realise the wrong guy was crucified. It was the one on the right all along.
How many thousands of religious paintings depicting Jesus and the martyrdom of various saints are there in museums throughout the world? As was noted in the article, her intentions were good. I think that's what really matters here.Originally Posted by tomcat
...of course!...worshippers can gaze upon the ape and think of Jesus...in much the same way as priests gaze upon altar boys and think, "Jesus!"....
IF the elderly parishioner's intentions were good then I doubt Jesus himself would be cross.
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